Metallic railway-tie and rail-fastener.



lW. E.VPGSLEY. METALLIC RAILWAY TIE AND RA'IL PSTBNBR. APPLIGATION FILED 1320.9, 1912.

1,054,869. Patentd Mar4, 1913.

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1,054,869. Patented Mar. 4,y 191 2 SHEETS-slurf 2.

UniTED STATES PATENT entries.

WILLIAM EDWARD PUGSLEY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALF- 10 NOAH FRENCH, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE .AND RAIL-FASTENER..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Pateneea irai. isis.

Application filed December 9, .1912. Serial No. 735,775.

PUGSLEY, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Grand Rapids, in the county 'of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic RailwayTies and Rail-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as 4will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. f

This invent-ion relates -to improvements in metallic railway ties and rail fasteners.

One object of the invention is to provide a metallic railway tie having an improved construction and arrangement of rail supporting mechanism or chairs whereby a suliicient -amount. of resiliency or elasticity .is provided between the rail and the metallic tic to relieve the jar and deaden the noise occasioned by the passage of trains over the rails.

*Another object of the invention is to provid'ea metallic railway tie having an iniproved construction and arrangement ot rail and fastening devices whereby the rails are securely fastened to the ties without the use of spikes and whereby the rails are positively prevented from spreading or upsettinf.

D Vith those and other objects in view, the l invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure l is a plan view of my improved metallic railway tie and rail fasteners showing portions of railway rails secured thereto, the'rails being shown in horizontal section; Fig. Z is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 1 with the rails in vertical section; Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. l; Fig. -l is an enlarged vertical cross sectional view of the tie and rail fastener taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is asimilar view taken on the line 5 -5 of Fig. 3; Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one ot the supporting devices for the rail fasteners; Fig. 7 is a similar view'of the cap or rail receiving member of one of the rail supporting chairs; Fig. 8

is a perspective view of one of the rail fas# lening devices.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 denotes my improved tie which is in the form of a channel iron bar of suitable width and length and in which near 'die ends thereof are arranged rail. supporting chairs 2. The chairs 2 comprise blocks 3 which are preferably formed of wood but which may be constructed of any suitable material having snilicient resiliency or elasticity. 'Engaged with the blocks 3 are nietallic caps -t in the form of rectangular boxes corresponding in size and shape to the length and width of the blocks 3 'with which they are engaged. The caps i are of less de th than the height of the blocks so that tv ien the caps are engagedwith the upper portions of the Vblocks the lower edges of the caps terminate some distance above the bottom of the tie as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of.

the drawings. By thus constructing the chairs l it will be seen that when the rails are engaged with the chairs the weight of the rails and of the trains passing thereover is supported by the blocks 3 or b y the ties through said blocks which having a certain amount of resiliency orelasticity will take up jars and deaden the noise Awhich would occur should the metal part of the chair'engage or rest on the ties. By this construction it will be seen that the ties while being formed of inet-al. possess ally of the well known advantages ot ties formed of wood.

Struck up from or otherwise formed on the upper or rail engaging side of the caps 4 are pairs of stop lugs 5 between which thi` rails are placed and which engage the opposite edges of the `hase langes of the rails and thereby firmly-hold the iat-ter formed from heavy sheet metal which is cut l and bent into shape for forming the caps as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings.`

The chairs 2 are held in position in the ends of the tie by arch shaped members 6 which also form supports for the rail fastening 'devices hereinafter described. The sides of the arch members 6 are perpendicular for a suitable distance above their lower ends as shown at 7 and then inclined inwardly at suitable angles as shown at 8. At the upper ends of the angular portions of the sides of the arches is formed a flat top, the outer end of which is rounded and projects beyond the outer edges of the 1nclined portions of the sides 8, said edges being preferably formed at an angle or cut olf as' shown.

In the flat top of the arch members 6 are formed bolt holes 9, similar holes 10-being formed in the lower perpendicular portions 7 of the sides of the members as clearly shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. In applying the arch members 6 the latter are engaged with the opposite sides of the chalrs 2 and the lower vertical portions 7 of the arch members are inserted between and engaged with the inner surfaces of the vertical sides of the tie as shown. When thus arranged the members 6 are rigidly fastened to the tie by rivets 'or bolts 11 which are engaged with the bolt holes 10 in the sides of the members and with similar holes 12 in the sides of the tie. Vtrhen the members 6 are thus fastened to the tie the chairs 2 are rigidly held against lateral movement in either direction in the ties.

The rails when engaged with the chairs2 in the manner described are securely fastened thereto and to the ties by fastening devices 13 comprising clamping blocks 14 having inclined or angular inner surfaces and having on their outer ends attaching plates 15 which are adapted to be engaged 'with the flat tops of the arched members 6 While the projecting endsof the clamping blocks 14 are engaged 'with the opposite base flanges of the rails between the stop lugs 5 on the caps 4 of the chairs. In the rail fastening devices 13 are formed bolt holes 16 with which and with the bolt holes 9 in the tops of the arch members (3 are engaged clamping bolts 17 whereby the rail fastening devices are rigidly clamped to -f the arch members and iirmly fasten the rails to the chairs, said fastening devices by their engagement with the base flanges of the rails also firmly holding the chairs down in engagement with the ties, as clearly Vshown in F i 2 and Senf the drawings.

- gy constructing and arranging my improved railway tie and rail fastening devices as herein shown and described it will Having be seen that the rails are vieldingly supported and firmly held a ainst spreading or upsetting and that thc a vantages possessed by the usual form of wooden ties is preserved while the disadvantages of the usual construction of metal ties iselminated.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood witho'ut requiring a more extended explanation. Various changes in the form, proportion and the'minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe principle-or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination with a. railway tie, of chairs comprising inner resilient members, caps engaged therewith, sto lugs on said caps to engage the opposite e ges of the base flanges of the'rails, chair holding members adapted to'be secured to the sides of the tie and in engagement with the opposite'sides of the chairs, whereby the latter are held against longitudinal movement, and rail fastening devices secured to said chair holding members, whereby the rails are fastened to the latter and the chairs held in engagement with the ties.

2. A railway tie and rail fastener comprising a channelshaped bar formin said tie, chairs arranged in said bar an com prlsing inner members in the form of blocks having a suitable amount of elasticity, and outer members comprising metal caps adapted to be engaged with said blocks or inner members, said caps terminating at their lower ends'above the bottom of the tie, stops lugs formed on the upper" side of the caps and adapted to engage the op osite edges of the base anges of the rails, c air holdlng members adapted to be securedtothe sides of the tie .and in engagement' with the opposite sides of the chairs whereby the latter are held against lateral movement in either direction and rail fastening devices secured to said chair holdin members and engaged with the flanges o the rails whereby the latter are securely fastened Ito the chairs and the chairs held in engagement with the ties.

3. A metallic railwa tie and rail fastener comprising a channe shaped metal bar forming said'tie, resilient rail supporting chairs arranged in the tie, arch shaped chair holding members secured to the t1e on opposite sides of the chairs whereby the latter are held against lateral movement in either direction, stop lugs formed onl the upper sides of the chairs to engage the' opposite edges fof the base anges of the rail and rail clamping devices comprising blocks the rails and having on their outer ends plates adapted to be enzged with the tops In testimony whereof I have hereunto set of said arched'chair ho ing members, and my hand in presence of two subscribing clamping bolt-s engaged with said rail faswitnesess.

tening devices and arched members whereby WILLIAM EDWARD PUGSLEY. the rail fastening devices are rigidly secured I'Vitnesses: in position to fasten the rails to the chairs JOHN MULDER,

and the chairs to the ties. l JOHN JUNGBAECKER,J1'. 

